Jeong-eun

Jeong-eun, also spelled Jung-eun, Jeong-un, or Jong-un, is a Korean unisex given name. In South Korea, it is overwhelmingly used as a female name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. As of December 2018, regulations of South Korea's Supreme Court list 84 hanja with the reading jeong and 30 hanja with the reading eun which may be registered for use in given names.[1] The Seoul-based Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported, based on a document obtained by North Korean defector and KBS employee Park Jin-hee, that beginning in January 2011 North Korea banned birth registrations using the name Kim Jong-un and required existing bearers of the name to change to a different name. The authenticity of the document could not be confirmed.[2]

Jeong-eun
Pronunciation/dʒʌŋ.ʊn/
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingJung-eun, Jeong-un, Jong-eun, Jong-un
Jeong-eun
Hangul
정은
Hanja
正恩, 廷恩, 貞銀, and others
Revised RomanizationJeong-eun
McCune–ReischauerChŏng'ŭn
IPA[dzʌŋɯn], [tsʌŋɯn]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

Sportspeople

Other
  • Meredith Jung-En Woo (born 1958), South Korean-born American female political science professor
  • Hwang Jung-eun (born 1976), South Korean female writer and podcaster
  • Kim Jong-un (born 1983 or 1984), North Korean leader, son of Kim Jong-il

See also

References
  1. "가족관계의 등록 등에 관한 규칙" [Regulations on Registration of Family Relations]. Regulation No. 2954 of 29 January 2021 (in Korean).
  2. "North Korea directive reveals apparent ban on sharing Kim Jong-un's name". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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